Originally Posted by
all4114all
Spot on regarding ALPA's goal, money. Midwest Airline Pilots are the perfect example. Their scope clause crafted by ALPA national was cut through like butter. ALPA left Midwest pilots as soon as their dues "contingency fees" ran out.
As far as Scenic Airlines goes, ironically, that is where the great pooba of ALPA started, John Prater, president. John Prater worked at Scenic Airlines as a pilot. 10,000 cheeseburgers later must dull his memory of what it is like in a Cessna 402 with the door hanging open providing cooler air.
Time for a change, your body sheds its skin automatically, shedding your union is manual.
I disagree. Capital Cargo is a new ALPA member with just over 100 pilots. Colgan had 400 when we joined and that is 400 pilots paying 1.95% of crap wages which is not too exciting for ALPA National, same can be said about CommutAir with their pilot group size and wages.
ALPA National has been more interested in recent years in organizing smaller groups and not only caring about the money they can bring in. But of course the idea is to make a stronger national union which ALPA hopes will bring better contracts and in turn, make ALPA National more money.